Soooooooooooo...I was looking at the number crunch for M15 and noticed that there's only one more slot for a land with a name alphabetically before Battlefield Forge. The following is a list of every land printed in the game that comes alphabetically before Battlefield Forge:
Since there are only two slots open for lands in the crunch, we can safely cut cards that are part of land cycles that deal exclusively with mana fixing. This leaves us with:
Guildhouse deals with banding. Refuge has a dual-colored activation cost which is a no-no in Cores. Ancient Tomb is NEVER going to be reprinted in a standard-legal set. Ziggurat is another 5-color land in a format that has Mana Confluence and a 5-Color Sliver land, Arena doesn't make any mana (Urborg technically doesn't either, but it grants itself the ability to so it doesn't count). Trading Post is on the reserved list. Barbarian Ring has threshold. Ain't none of these cards gonna be the reprint. So now we're left with:
Totally going to be ancient tomb, because paying life for mana is a thing again now, right?
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The color/artifact/land distribution in the Number Crunch thread is a guess. I suspect it's wrong and 239 is an artifact rather than a land starting with the letter A.
You do realise that Battlefield Forge and Caves of Koilos aren't confirmed at 240-241. Plus, card # 237-328 could also be land. we could have 4 more land or maybe only 1 and 3 artifact.
As for my wish. I would realy like 4 more land. Legendary Rare cycle for Urbog.
You do realise that Battlefield Forge and Caves of Koilos aren't confirmed at 240-241. Plus, card # 237-328 could also be land. we could have 4 more land or maybe only 1 and 3 artifact.
As for my wish. I would realy like 4 more land. Legendary Rare cycle for Urbog.
This would be so amazing if it happened. A Urborg for every color would help out slivers a lot, as well as other mana fixing issues.
They also have to finish the Volrath's Stronghold / Academy Runes Cycle too:
Land
T: add one colorless mana to your mana pool.
1W: Put an enchantment from your graveyard on top of your library.
Land
T: Add one colorless mana to your mana pool.
1G: Put a land card (or plainswalker) from your graveyard on top of your library.
Land
T: Add one colorless mana to your mana pool.
1R: Put an instant (or sorcery, or random card), card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Still.My hope to see that in M15 are realy low. They would have to name them between A to D. And they'll have to name them a way that keep the Flavor of Urbog, tomb of....
Flavor wise I could see
Blue = AAA, Oasis of Illusion or BBB, Source of Eternity
White = CCC, Heaven of Hope
Red = DDD, Maw of Balrog
Green = ABCD, Den of Mystery
Fetch from the Future Land
Land
T, Pay 2 life: Search your library for a land of any basic land type and put it into play. Reshuffle.
T, Pay 3 Life: Search your library for a land card and put it into play tapped. Reshuffle.
Not necessarily. Darksteel forge was reprinted in M14 and had absolutely no applications in standard they just decided to reprint it. Khans of tarkir also doesn't look like an artifact set at all or even an artifact subtheme like alara had with esper.
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Op's speculation has a base but i think that its more probably to them to make a new land rather than reprint academy ruins
I would love to see it again
But Yeah they are reprinting Urborg soo ... who knows
An Urborg for every color is the stupidest thing i've ever heard.
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An Urborg for every color is the stupidest thing i've ever heard.
There is a thread in Baseless Speculation that says that Garruk will be purple because otherwise there would be too much green or black in M15. Now you've heard stupider things.
Ancient Tomb seems way too powerful for Standard and Modern, and Ancient Ziggurat in the same set of Sliver Hive seems out of place. With UR devoted to Artifacts in the block, Academy Ruins could be a really possible alternative, although reprinted last year in MMA, so we have to consider the possibility of a new utility land.
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"I'd say this about guarantees that it won't be up till this Friday, but considering the current track record, the ETA is now probably two weeks after the set has been out."
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Speak for yourself, if drawing *****-headed wurms makes social justice warriors cry I'll make it my favorite hobby.
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So, in total, our options are as follows:
a> We get something' else than land. (Artifact one or some eldrazi zendikar stuff? But I think eldrazi cards had numbers starting from 1 If I recall correctly)
b> We get some new land with name staring at A... or Ba...
c> We get old god forsaken Archeological Dig
d> We get THE RUINS and everyone has pants full of awesome feels
So... in total there are like from 50% up to 75% chance we get something good (depends if the new card in that slot gonna be cool, then a> or b> are goods outcomes) and 25% chance for wasted cardboard ;P
Academy ruins would be a nice reprint i could definitley use some. it would also be obsurd with shrapnel blast. My guess is either it is not a land slot or it could be something new. i dont really see much reason to put rare utility lands in the set and only for 2 colors. Im still surprised that urborg found its way into the core set to be honest. im pretty sure the last thing standard needs is mutavaults and mana confluences, wihtout life loss, tapping for black in mono black control lists
Since there are only two slots open for lands in the crunch, we can safely cut cards that are part of land cycles that deal exclusively with mana fixing. This leaves us with:
Guildhouse deals with banding. Refuge has a dual-colored activation cost which is a no-no in Cores. Ancient Tomb is NEVER going to be reprinted in a standard-legal set. Ziggurat is another 5-color land in a format that has Mana Confluence and a 5-Color Sliver land, Arena doesn't make any mana (Urborg technically doesn't either, but it grants itself the ability to so it doesn't count). Trading Post is on the reserved list. Barbarian Ring has threshold. Ain't none of these cards gonna be the reprint. So now we're left with:
I'm pretty sure Archaeological Dig isn't something Wizards has any reason to reprint. Ergo, we're left with only Academy Ruins standing.
Discuss?
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Ancient Ziggurat and Ghost Quarter
Would prefer tec edge, but these seem to be fine replacements.
OLD SCHOOL 93/94 «The Pain Train» Black Sligh, Esper «Machine Gun» Artifacts, Jund «Psycho» Ponza-Disko.
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Speak for yourself, if drawing *****-headed wurms makes social justice warriors cry I'll make it my favorite hobby.
As for my wish. I would realy like 4 more land. Legendary Rare cycle for Urbog.
This would be so amazing if it happened. A Urborg for every color would help out slivers a lot, as well as other mana fixing issues.
They also have to finish the Volrath's Stronghold / Academy Runes Cycle too:
Land
T: add one colorless mana to your mana pool.
1W: Put an enchantment from your graveyard on top of your library.
Land
T: Add one colorless mana to your mana pool.
1G: Put a land card (or plainswalker) from your graveyard on top of your library.
Land
T: Add one colorless mana to your mana pool.
1R: Put an instant (or sorcery, or random card), card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Flavor wise I could see
Blue = AAA, Oasis of Illusion or BBB, Source of Eternity
White = CCC, Heaven of Hope
Red = DDD, Maw of Balrog
Green = ABCD, Den of Mystery
Land
T, Pay 2 life: Search your library for a land of any basic land type and put it into play. Reshuffle.
T, Pay 3 Life: Search your library for a land card and put it into play tapped. Reshuffle.
Storm Crow is strictly worse than Seacoast Drake.
Currently Playing:
Retired
I would love to see it again
But Yeah they are reprinting Urborg soo ... who knows
"I'd say this about guarantees that it won't be up till this Friday, but considering the current track record, the ETA is now probably two weeks after the set has been out."
Quote from Sirius_B
Speak for yourself, if drawing *****-headed wurms makes social justice warriors cry I'll make it my favorite hobby.
There is a thread in Baseless Speculation that says that Garruk will be purple because otherwise there would be too much green or black in M15. Now you've heard stupider things.
Storm Crow is strictly worse than Seacoast Drake.
It won't be Forbidding Watchtower since that is part of a cycle.
Storm Crow is strictly worse than Seacoast Drake.
I remember when purple was an april fools joke in an issue of inquest magazine; I think I still have the issue.
"I'd say this about guarantees that it won't be up till this Friday, but considering the current track record, the ETA is now probably two weeks after the set has been out."
Quote from Sirius_B
Speak for yourself, if drawing *****-headed wurms makes social justice warriors cry I'll make it my favorite hobby.
Well, some mod will see this and you'll get a warning for spam better edit the stuff up.
So, in total, our options are as follows:
a> We get something' else than land. (Artifact one or some eldrazi zendikar stuff? But I think eldrazi cards had numbers starting from 1 If I recall correctly)
b> We get some new land with name staring at A... or Ba...
c> We get old god forsaken Archeological Dig
d> We get THE RUINS and everyone has pants full of awesome feels
So... in total there are like from 50% up to 75% chance we get something good (depends if the new card in that slot gonna be cool, then a> or b> are goods outcomes) and 25% chance for wasted cardboard ;P
BWTeysa, Orzhov Scion Combo
GUEzuri, Claw of progress Morph
GUBSidisi, Brood tyrant
RWGisela, Blade of Goldnight Random red white cards i dont use.dec
GBLoam Pox
Modern
UBFaeries
GBWGoyfless Abzan
On Squirrels
On Risen Executioner